Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 01:39:34 -0400 From: "Michael Silver" <msilver@sc.rr.com> To: "Ryan Thompson" <ryan@sasknow.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: D-Link DFE-570TX Message-ID: <005301c0ed81$e6f342c0$0200000a@silvertriad> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0106041247140.89523-100000@ren.sasknow.com>
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Hmmm, I didn't even know these existed. I would also like to know how well they work in FreeBSD. I also found them for about $160 using www.pricewatch.com ...Michael... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ryan Thompson" <ryan@sasknow.com> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 3:03 PM Subject: D-Link DFE-570TX > > Hi everybody, > > I'm considering the purchase of a D-Link DFE-570TX (4 port 10/100 Ethernet > for those not familiar). I can purchase these one at a time (shipped <2 > days) for about $350 CDN ($230 US). The mailing lists suggest that it is > supported under 4.x with the dc driver. Is this card a good choice? Any > compatibility or detection issues? > > I'm considering putting 2 or 3 of these in a machine to use as a multiport > intelligent router/firewall. Any issues with multiple cards of this type? > > The obvious alternative is to by a single 2nd $20 NIC and plug into a less > expensive hub or switch... Which may actually be cheaper and more > extensible, not to mention "hot-swappable". > > Thoughts? > > - Ryan > > -- > Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com> > Network Administrator, Accounts > > SaskNow Technologies - http://www.sasknow.com > #106-380 3120 8th St E - Saskatoon, SK - S7H 0W2 > > Tel: 306-664-3600 Fax: 306-664-1161 Saskatoon > Toll-Free: 877-727-5669 (877-SASKNOW) North America > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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